Iraq Turns Back Turkish Energy Minister's Plane

By

Joe Parkinson

Dec. 4, 2012 11:56 a.m. ET

ISTANBUL—Iraq's central government Tuesday turned back a plane carrying Turkey's energy minister to an energy conference in Iraqi Kurdistan, appearing to signal the latest salvo in a spat between the Turkish and Iraqi governments.

The plane, which was en route from Istanbul to the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, was forced to land in the Turkish city of Kayseri, southeast of Ankara, after it was denied entrance into Iraqi airspace,...